Spring Fire, ed. by K. Raghavendra Rao et al, Amikatanayadattavedike, Dharwad and Purogami
Sahitya Prakashana, Hubli, 1986.
(Contains original poems in English by Bendre and translations of his Kannada poems.)

Dattatreya Ramachandra Bendre, G.S.Amur, Sahitya Akademi, New Delhi, 1994.
(The first comprehensive introduction in English to his life and work. A MUST READ for those who
want to get to know about Bendre but are unfamiliar with Kannada. Also contains several English
translations of his poems.)

Availability of Books

(The following information is for those outside India, esp. in the U.S.)

The time tested method is to buy Kannada books during your trips to India.
Or pain your friends into buying some for you when they go to India. An extract
from Kulki's
Sahitya pages gives you a small list of bookstores in Karnataka.

Following are a handfull of places where you can buy the kannaDa books (there are a lot more....)

Swapna Bookshop, Off Kempegowda Rd (?), Bangalore

Bangalore Book Bureau (?), Brigade Rd (?), Bangalore

Gangaram Book Stores, Off Kempegowda Road and MG Road, Bangalore

Geeta Book House, K.R. Circle, Mysore

Atri Book Centre, Balmatha, Mangalore

Navakarnataka Publications, Opp Vishwa Mahal, Hampanakatte, Mangalore

Vidyanidhi Book house, Maruti Lane, Fort, Mumbai

Some publishers whome you can contact to get the books directly.....

IBH (India Book House), Bangalore

Patrike Prakashana, Bangalore

Navakarnataka Publications, Bangalore

Navajeevana Publications, Bangalore (?)

Geeta Book House, Mysore

Kavyalaya Publishers, Mysore

Samaja Pustakalaya, Dharwad

Akshara Prakashana, Sagara

Bharata Bharati Pustaka Sampada

The Northern California Kannada Koota
has an excellent library
of it's own. Encourage your local Kannada organization to set up a library and get loads of Bendre's works!

Surprisingly, some public and university libraries in the U.S. with a large Asia collection
also have some of Bendre's works. Information on how to find South Asia books is available among the SASIALIT pages
maintained by Prentiss Riddle. It also gives
information on how to search several online catalogs.
Just for reference, here is a list of books by and about Bendre available in the Cornell
University Library: